There are so many amazing animals out there and today I want to share my list of animals that start with A. Some are pretty common and others are more exotic ones that you may or may not have heard of before.
Maybe you need to come up with some sort of show and tell that involves animals or maybe you are playing a game like Scattergories and you need to think of an animal that begins with the letter A. No matter why you need to think of animals that begin with the letter A I have a long list of animals for you to choose from!
Common Animals that Start with A
- Antelope
- Armadillo
- Aardvark
- Alligator
- Anaconda
- Albatross
- African Elephant
- Asian Elephant
- African Lion
- American Bison
- Alpaca
- Axolotl
- Australian Shepherd (dog breed)
- Angelfish
- Aphid
- Arctic Fox
- American Crow
- Australian Cattle Dog
- African Wild Dog
- Andalusian Horse
- Arabian Horse
- Akita (dog breed)
- American Bulldog
- Arctic Hare
- Ant (yes, ants are animals!)
More Exotic Animals that Start with A
- Abyssinian Cat
- African Grey Parrot
- Auk
- Asian Small-Clawed Otter
- Aye-Aye
- African Penguin
- Australorp (chicken breed)
- Amur Leopard
- American Tree Sparrow
- Aplomado Falcon
- Asian Water Buffalo
- Amazon River Dolphin
- African Ground Hornbill
- Asian Palm Civet
- Arctic Tern
- Atlas Moth
- African Hornbill
- American Goldfinch
- Andean Condor
- Asian Tiger Mosquito
- Argentine Black and White Tegu
- Azure Damselfly
- Atlantic Goliath Grouper
- Arctic Char
I hope that this list was able to help you out with whatever animal list needs you might have!
My favorite animal of these is probably the alpaca. We have alpacas at our local zoo and they are always fun to see. I also like the African elephants that we have at the bigger zoo near me. Do you have a favorite animal from this list? Let me know in the comments below!